Cloaked in Secrecy

Death has followed Alena Novac’s circus family for years. When the police arrest her brother for a murder he didn’t commit, she has only a week to rescue him before he transforms into his wolf form in prison and exposes their wulfkin existence to the world.

Enre Ulf, a former member of the Varlac, the fearsome ruling wulfkin clan, plans to infiltrate Alena’s circus clan and take out their alpha to save his home in Transylvania. Except he never expected his wolf claiming Alena as his mate, or feeling compelled to save her brother to help protect the secrets of the wulfkin.

With the police closing in and the blood feud threatening them, Alena and Enre must overcome their pasts to save their packs’ futures.

by T.F. Walsh

ParanormalSensuality Level: Sensual

Author Bio:
T.F. Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband. Growing up hearing dark fairy tales, she’s always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy stories. She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling.

Mila’s scent faded, but the stranger’s fresh firewood-and-fur smell strengthened. I whirled on the spot, finding no one else there, only me and two parked cars. The thump of footsteps resonated from an adjacent alleyway, and the hairs on my arms stood on end. I dashed forward.

The intruder’s smell smacked into me, and a snarl rumbled in my gut.

He burst out into my path, several feet away, from an adjacent lane. I froze on the spot, and his blue, piercing eyes hooked into me. He sniffed the air. “You’re wulfkin.”

It wasn’t a question.

The tall, broad-shouldered man was branded with two gash marks down the side of his face and neck, and blood smeared his cheek. He wiped it away with his hand as his gaze deepened with darkness.

I studied his stubbled jawline, his ocean-blue eyes, and inhaled the fresh blood. It belonged to him.

Wind fanned across my back. It had been a long time since I’d faced off with anyone. Father had brought me up to use my head, not my teeth.

“What pack do you belong to?” My voice sharpened, and a growl hung off my last word. Show no fear.

He studied the path I’d taken. “There’s a loose wulfkin in wolf form here, and I think she’s wild.” His gruff voice raised goose bumps up and down my legs, and I recoiled. “Is she yours?”

My next inhale wedged in my chest. Had Mila been caught or injured? “Where is she?”

“Why would you allow her out amongst humans? Are you trying to reveal us?”

Flames spread over my cheeks. “Who the hell are you? It’s not your business what happens on our territory.”

Since we ran a traveling circus, we claimed any location where we performed, though we rarely stopped in places already taken by other packs. Lucky for us, the majority of them steered clear of cities.

The wulfkin leaned forward, his voice rough and low. “I tried catching her before anyone saw her, but as you can see”—he pointed to his recent wounds—“she wasn’t overly friendly.” Running a hand through his short, black hair, he stared at me.

When the breeze bathed me in his scent again, his muskiness almost knocked me over, and my eyes dipped south although my brain screamed, “Don’t!” This wulfkin should never wear jeans in public unless he wanted every single female to ravage him. And the leather jacket did nothing to hide his muscles.

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